Alexey Kushnir

PHONE

412-268-6079

OFFICE

POS - Posner Hall - Room 237

AREA OF EXPERTISE

Economics

EDUCATION

The Pennsylvania State University - Ph D (Economics) - 2010
New Economic School - MA - 2006
Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology - MS (Physics and Mathematics) - 2006
Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology - BS (Physics and Mathematics) - 2004

TEACHING AND RESEARCH INTERESTS

Economic Theory, Market and Mechanism Design, Network Theory, Matching Markets, Auctions

USEFUL LINKS

Personal Website

PUBLICATIONS

• On Sufficiency of Dominant Strategy Implementation in Environments with Correlated Types

Economics Letters 133, 2015; 4-6

• Harmful Signaling in Matching Markets

Games and Economic Behavior 80, 2013; 209–218

• Preference Signaling in Matching Markets

(author(s): Alexey Kushnir, Peter Coles, Muriel Niederle) American Economic Journal:Micro 5(2), 2013; 99-134

• On the Equivalence of Bayesian and Dominant Strategy Implementation

(author(s): Alexey Kushnir, Alex Gershkov, Jacob Goeree, Benny Moldovanu, Xianwen Shi) Econometrica 81(1), 2013; 197-220

WORKING PAPERS

• Market Power and Optimal Non-Linear Income Taxation

(author(s): Robertas Zubrickas, Alexey Kushnir)

• A Geometric Approach to Mechanism Design

(author(s): Alexey Kushnir, Jacob Goeree)

• Reduced Form Implementation with Value Interdependencies

(author(s): Jacob Goeree, Alexey Kushnir)

• On the Equivalence of Bayesian and Dominant Strategy Implementation: The Case of Non-Linear Utilities

(author(s): Alexey Kushnir, Shuo Liu)

• Targeted vs. Collective Information Sharing in Networks

(author(s): Alexey Kushnir, Alexandru Nichifor)

AWARDS AND HONORS

• 2nd prize at European Science Days for paper “Harmful Signaling in Matching Markets” (2010)
• Pennsylvania State University - RGSO Dissertation Support Grant (2010)
• Pennsylvania State University - Department of Economics Outstanding Undergraduate Instructor Award (2009)
• Pennsylvania State University - Summer Fellowship (2007)
• New Economic School - Best Student Paper Award (2006)
• Pennsylvania State University - Graduate Scholar Award (2006)
• Pennsylvania State University - Teaching Assistantship (2006-09) (2006)
• New Economic School - Fellowship (2004-06) (2004)
• Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology - Academic Council Fellowship (2003)
• Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology - Mayor-of- Moscow Fellowship (2002-04) (2002)

UNIVERSITY SERVICE

• Job Market Hiring Committee, Committee Member (2015 - 2016)

COURSES TAUGHT

• Princ Of Economics (73100) 2016 Section: 1, 2

• Wth Firm: Mng Thr In (73341) 2016 Section: A

• PRINC OF ECONOMICS (73100) 2015 Section: 1, 2

• WTH FIRM: MNG THR IN (73341) 2015 Section: A